Matthew 7:13

New English Translation

“Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

Cross References

Genesis 6:12

God saw the earth, and indeed it was ruined, for all living creatures on the earth were sinful.

Genesis 6:5

But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

Proverbs 7:27

Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 9:6

Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

Isaiah 1:9

If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.

Isaiah 35:8

A thoroughfare will be there – it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it – fools will not stray into it.

Isaiah 55:7

The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

Matthew 25:41

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

Matthew 25:46

And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Matthew 3:2

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Matthew 3:8

Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,

Matthew 7:14

But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Luke 14:33

In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

Luke 9:33

Then as the men were starting to leave, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah” – not knowing what he was saying.

John 10:9

I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture.

John 14:6

Jesus replied, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Acts 3:19

Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

Romans 9:22

But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?

2 Corinthians 4:4

among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore “come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord, “and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,

Galatians 5:24

Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

Revelation 12:9

So that huge dragon – the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world – was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.

Revelation 13:8

and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.

Revelation 20:15

If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:3

The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)